Neosho, MO -- The Indian Hills Warriors' run through the postseason continued with back-to-back wins in the District K Tournament against Crowder College on Friday. The Warriors took the best-of-three series with 6-3 and 7-3 wins against Crowder in a battle between two region champions.
The district tourney win puts the Warriors in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament May 20-22 in St. George, Utah. It will be the first trip to the national tournament for IHCC since 2005.
Indian Hills got outstanding pitching performances in their three consecutive wins in the Region 11 tournament and that pattern continued against Crowder. Brandi Haight and Kylee Coughlin had strong outings and the IHCC offense backed them with 13 runs and 21 hits in the two games.
IHCC set the tone for the day in the top of the 1st inning of the first game of the tourney. Kris Penick led off with a walk. A single by Kelly Ruepke and a hit batter loaded the bases. Sarah Wilcox delivered a two-run single to give the Warriors the early lead. Wilcox had four hits in the game. Tory Beaver, who was hit by a pitch to set up the Wilcox two-RBI hit, was hit four times in the two games.
The IHCC lead doubled in the 4th when Jordan Grell singled home Wilcox and came all the way around to score on the play when Crowder committed two errors, one in the outfield and the second when they tried to get Grell at 3rd base.
Crowder scored two runs to cut the lead in half in the bottom of the 5th, but missed a chance to make it a big inning when they left the bases loaded.
The Warriors picked up two big insurance runs in the 7th. Lizzy Tucker's squeeze bunt brought home McKenzie Cason and Wilcox picked up her third RBI when she singled to drive in Ruepke.
Crowder scored a run in the 7th, but again left the bases loaded. They stranded eight baserunners in the final three innings.
Haight got her 14th pitching win of the season, allowing six hits and two earned runs with one walk and four strikeouts. Haight's final strikeout came on a called third strike to end the game. She retired 10 hitters in a row in one stretch.
Indian Hills again scored first in the second game, this time as the home team on the scoreboard.
Lizzy Tucker's two-run double off the center field fence chased home Cason and Ruepke, who had led off the 3rd inning with singles. After two outs, number-nine hitter Morgan Powers came up with a huge hit for Indian Hills, a two-out, two-strike single to center that scored two runs and made it 4-0.
Powers had two hits on the day giving her seven in five postseason games.
Crowder scored once against Coughlin in the 5th and picked up a couple more runs in the 7th, but saw their season end when the IHCC freshman pitcher got a ground ball to third base to end the contest.
Indian Hills added to their lead with single runs in their final three at-bats after their four-run 3rd.
Tucker drove in a run with a groundout in the 4th; Sydney Hallbauer's single brought home Ryan Jehle in the 5th; and Jehle had an RBI-single to score Tucker in the 6th.
Ruepke, Tucker and Jehle each had two hits in the second game for IHCC. Ruepke also had two hits in the opener and Grell also had two in game one to go along with Wilcox's four-hit game.
In game two, Coughlin gave up 11 hits, but only three runs. She walked only one batter.
For the second straight game, Crowder, the Region 16 champions, had lots of opportunities, but couldn't come up with the big hit. They left nine runners on in the second game to match their LOB total in the opener.
Indian Hills will take a 33-22 record into the national tourney. The pairings for the 16-team affair will be released at the start of next week.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Clean Sweep; Warriors Take Region 11 Title
West Burlington, IA -- The Indian Hills softball team won three games against conference foes in the 2010 regular season. In the span of two days this weekend, the Warriors won that same number of games to win the Region 11 postseason tournament and advance to this week's district tournament.
Indian Hills, which entered the four-team region tourney as the number-four seed, completed their run through the tournament on Sunday with a 4-3 win against Muscatine CC to claim the championship.
Kylee Coughlin came out of the IHCC bullpen to save the game for starter Brandi Haight, who had given the Warriors 6 1/3 solid innings in her second win in as many days.
Of the two batters she faced, Coughlin got a groundout to second base and a popup to second baseman Kelly Ruepke to nail down the clinching victory. Coughlin did throw a wild pitch which allowed Muscatine to make it a one-run game, but she got the final out to preserve Haight's 13th win of the year.
Indian Hills snapped a 1-all tie with a three-run 6th inning. The go-ahead run scored on an error and Sarah Wilcox supplied some much-needed insurance with a two-run triple to center field.
Tory Beaver's 2nd-inning solo homer gave IHCC an early 1-0 lead. Muscatine tied the game on a two-out single in the 4th. The Warriors took their 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 7th. Muscatine made it interesting with their two runs, but the Warriors closed out the Cardinals the same way they had the day before in their second win of the tournament.
In that game late Saturday afternoon, Sonja Holmes entered the contest in place of the starter, Coughlin, with a run in and the tying run on 2nd base. After a wild pitch moved the runner to 3rd, Holmes induced a ground ball to third base to nail down the 2-1 win.
Coughlin allowed only six hits and the lone run in picking up her 10th win of the season. It was a victory that allowed Indian Hills to go to the second day of the tournament as the only unbeaten team.
The Warriors had scored their only two runs against MCC on a bases-loaded single by Lizzy Tucker in the bottom of the 3rd. Indian Hills had only three hits in the game, all of them in the 3rd inning. But Coughlin and Holmes made the two runs stand up.
Indian Hills started the tourney with a big 4-1 win against top-seeded Southeastern CC in Saturday's first game. The Warriors had lost four of five regular season matchups with the BlackHawks, but grabbed a 2-0 lead in the 5th on a Morgan Powers RBI-double and a run-scoring single by McKenzie Cason.
After SCC's Amy Harner slammed a solo homer in the top of the 6th to make it a one-run game, the Warriors got two-out RBI-singles from pinch-hitter Sydney Hallbauer and Powers in the bottom of the inning for the final margin.
Haight scattered six hits in going the distance for the pitching victory for IHCC. Ryan Jehle had three of the Warriors' 11 hits and Powers, Cason and Tucker each had two.
Indian Hills is now 31-22 for the season. The Warriors will head to Neosho, Missouri to play Crowder College in the District K tournament May 7-8. The first game of the district tournament will be at 2:00 Friday afternoon (May 7). Game two will follow. And if a third game is necessary, it will be played at noon on Saturday.
The winner of the best-of-three series will advance to the NJCAA national tournament in St. George, Utah May 19-22.
Indian Hills, which entered the four-team region tourney as the number-four seed, completed their run through the tournament on Sunday with a 4-3 win against Muscatine CC to claim the championship.
Kylee Coughlin came out of the IHCC bullpen to save the game for starter Brandi Haight, who had given the Warriors 6 1/3 solid innings in her second win in as many days.
Of the two batters she faced, Coughlin got a groundout to second base and a popup to second baseman Kelly Ruepke to nail down the clinching victory. Coughlin did throw a wild pitch which allowed Muscatine to make it a one-run game, but she got the final out to preserve Haight's 13th win of the year.
Indian Hills snapped a 1-all tie with a three-run 6th inning. The go-ahead run scored on an error and Sarah Wilcox supplied some much-needed insurance with a two-run triple to center field.
Tory Beaver's 2nd-inning solo homer gave IHCC an early 1-0 lead. Muscatine tied the game on a two-out single in the 4th. The Warriors took their 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 7th. Muscatine made it interesting with their two runs, but the Warriors closed out the Cardinals the same way they had the day before in their second win of the tournament.
In that game late Saturday afternoon, Sonja Holmes entered the contest in place of the starter, Coughlin, with a run in and the tying run on 2nd base. After a wild pitch moved the runner to 3rd, Holmes induced a ground ball to third base to nail down the 2-1 win.
Coughlin allowed only six hits and the lone run in picking up her 10th win of the season. It was a victory that allowed Indian Hills to go to the second day of the tournament as the only unbeaten team.
The Warriors had scored their only two runs against MCC on a bases-loaded single by Lizzy Tucker in the bottom of the 3rd. Indian Hills had only three hits in the game, all of them in the 3rd inning. But Coughlin and Holmes made the two runs stand up.
Indian Hills started the tourney with a big 4-1 win against top-seeded Southeastern CC in Saturday's first game. The Warriors had lost four of five regular season matchups with the BlackHawks, but grabbed a 2-0 lead in the 5th on a Morgan Powers RBI-double and a run-scoring single by McKenzie Cason.
After SCC's Amy Harner slammed a solo homer in the top of the 6th to make it a one-run game, the Warriors got two-out RBI-singles from pinch-hitter Sydney Hallbauer and Powers in the bottom of the inning for the final margin.
Haight scattered six hits in going the distance for the pitching victory for IHCC. Ryan Jehle had three of the Warriors' 11 hits and Powers, Cason and Tucker each had two.
Indian Hills is now 31-22 for the season. The Warriors will head to Neosho, Missouri to play Crowder College in the District K tournament May 7-8. The first game of the district tournament will be at 2:00 Friday afternoon (May 7). Game two will follow. And if a third game is necessary, it will be played at noon on Saturday.
The winner of the best-of-three series will advance to the NJCAA national tournament in St. George, Utah May 19-22.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Warriors and SCC Split in Region XI Play
Ottumwa -- A two-run rally in the bottom of the 7th inning allowed Indian Hills to come from behind and knock off league-leader Southeastern CC, 3-2, at Hellyer Field on Wednesday. The BlackHawks came back to defeat IHCC, 5-2, in the second game of the twinbill.
The Warriors' winning rally in the opener started with a walk to Kelly Ruepke. Lizzy Tucker's sacrifice bunt moved Ruepke into scoring position. She scored on a single by Tory Beaver and Beaver scored the game-winning run on Sarah Wilcox's single.
Ryan Jehle had gotten IHCC on the board with a solo homer in the 5th off SCC pitcher Hannah Baker, who went the distance in both games.
Southeastern's Alyssa Magg's two-run single in the 2nd opened the scoring. But that was all the BlackHawks got against IHCC pitcher Brandi Haight who held the visitors to just three hits, none after the 3rd inning.
SCC took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning of game two only to see the Warriors jump in front on a two-run homer by Ruepke in the bottom of the inning.
The Warriors were held in check after that even though they out-hit the visitors, 9-7.
SCC's Milagros Lozada belted a solo homer in the 4th to tie the game at 2 and SCC got the go-ahead run in the 5th on a bases-loaded walk to Lozada. The BlackHawks added two insurance runs in the 7th.
Kylee Coughlin went all the way in the circle in game two and took the loss for IHCC. Kris Penick, Beaver and Nicole Steinle all had two hits for the Warriors.
Indian Hills ends the regular season on Thursday in a 4:00 home doubleheader against Muscatine CC.
The Warriors' winning rally in the opener started with a walk to Kelly Ruepke. Lizzy Tucker's sacrifice bunt moved Ruepke into scoring position. She scored on a single by Tory Beaver and Beaver scored the game-winning run on Sarah Wilcox's single.
Ryan Jehle had gotten IHCC on the board with a solo homer in the 5th off SCC pitcher Hannah Baker, who went the distance in both games.
Southeastern's Alyssa Magg's two-run single in the 2nd opened the scoring. But that was all the BlackHawks got against IHCC pitcher Brandi Haight who held the visitors to just three hits, none after the 3rd inning.
SCC took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning of game two only to see the Warriors jump in front on a two-run homer by Ruepke in the bottom of the inning.
The Warriors were held in check after that even though they out-hit the visitors, 9-7.
SCC's Milagros Lozada belted a solo homer in the 4th to tie the game at 2 and SCC got the go-ahead run in the 5th on a bases-loaded walk to Lozada. The BlackHawks added two insurance runs in the 7th.
Kylee Coughlin went all the way in the circle in game two and took the loss for IHCC. Kris Penick, Beaver and Nicole Steinle all had two hits for the Warriors.
Indian Hills ends the regular season on Thursday in a 4:00 home doubleheader against Muscatine CC.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Warriors Blank Penn JV
Oskaloosa, IA -- Indian Hills tuned up for consecutive home doubleheaders against Southeastern and Muscatine with a 4-0 win over the William Penn junior varsity on Tuesday night.
Three IHCC pitchers combined to blank the Statesmen on five hits. Starter Brandi Haight went the first three innings and Kylee Coughlin and Sonja Holmes each pitched two innings. Haight struck out five.
IHCC scored a run in the 1st and added three more in the 4th.
Lizzy Tucker had two doubles for the Warriors while Tory Beaver, McKenzie Cason and Nicole Steinle also had two-base hits.
Beaver drove in two runs and scored one.
The final Region XI regular season action for IHCC takes place Wednesday and Thursday. The Warriors will battle Southeastern Wednesday and Muscatine the following day with the seeding for this weekend's postseason tourney still to be decided.
Three IHCC pitchers combined to blank the Statesmen on five hits. Starter Brandi Haight went the first three innings and Kylee Coughlin and Sonja Holmes each pitched two innings. Haight struck out five.
IHCC scored a run in the 1st and added three more in the 4th.
Lizzy Tucker had two doubles for the Warriors while Tory Beaver, McKenzie Cason and Nicole Steinle also had two-base hits.
Beaver drove in two runs and scored one.
The final Region XI regular season action for IHCC takes place Wednesday and Thursday. The Warriors will battle Southeastern Wednesday and Muscatine the following day with the seeding for this weekend's postseason tourney still to be decided.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Warriors and Reivers Split Conference Twinbill
Council Bluffs, IA -- Indian Hills and Iowa Western each won a well-pitched game in a Region 11 softball doubleheader on Tuesday.
The Warriors got a two-out, two-run double from freshman Morgan Powers to take the first game, 3-1, in eight innings. Iowa Western countered with a leadoff, solo home run in the bottom of the 7th to win game two, 2-1 and gain a split.
Brandi Haight threw seven strong innings in the opener and got the win for IHCC. She allowed only six hits.
After Powers provided the Warriors with the lead in the top of the 8th, Sonja Holmes retired IWCC in order in the bottom of the inning to get the save.
Indian Hills' Tory Beaver had an RBI-single in the 1st inning to start the scoring. Iowa Western tied the game in the bottom of the 7th which set the stage for Powers' game-winning hit.
Kris Penick and Sarah Wilcox each had two hits for Indian Hills.
McKenzie Cason's run-scoring single in the top of the 7th tied the nightcap at 1-1. Penick had tripled and she scored on Cason's hit.
The Reivers tallied a first-inning run against Indian Hills pitcher Kylee Coughlin, who then shut down the home team until the game-deciding homer in the 7th. Coughlin only gave up four hits and struck out two.
The seventh-inning hits by Penick and Cason were two of only three that Indian Hills managed in the second game. Ryan Jehle had a double for the other hit.
Indian Hills is now 26-19 for the season and will host Southeastern CC in a conference doubleheader Saturday, starting at 1:00 at Hellyer Field.
The Warriors got a two-out, two-run double from freshman Morgan Powers to take the first game, 3-1, in eight innings. Iowa Western countered with a leadoff, solo home run in the bottom of the 7th to win game two, 2-1 and gain a split.
Brandi Haight threw seven strong innings in the opener and got the win for IHCC. She allowed only six hits.
After Powers provided the Warriors with the lead in the top of the 8th, Sonja Holmes retired IWCC in order in the bottom of the inning to get the save.
Indian Hills' Tory Beaver had an RBI-single in the 1st inning to start the scoring. Iowa Western tied the game in the bottom of the 7th which set the stage for Powers' game-winning hit.
Kris Penick and Sarah Wilcox each had two hits for Indian Hills.
McKenzie Cason's run-scoring single in the top of the 7th tied the nightcap at 1-1. Penick had tripled and she scored on Cason's hit.
The Reivers tallied a first-inning run against Indian Hills pitcher Kylee Coughlin, who then shut down the home team until the game-deciding homer in the 7th. Coughlin only gave up four hits and struck out two.
The seventh-inning hits by Penick and Cason were two of only three that Indian Hills managed in the second game. Ryan Jehle had a double for the other hit.
Indian Hills is now 26-19 for the season and will host Southeastern CC in a conference doubleheader Saturday, starting at 1:00 at Hellyer Field.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Three Wins for IHCC in Softball Classic
Ottumwa, IA -- The Indian Hills softball team pushed its season record above the .500 mark as the Warriors won three of four games in the weekend IHCC Classic at R.L. Hellyer Field.
The Warriors played only once on Friday before the rains came, but managed to get in three games Saturday.
IHCC defeated Ellsworth CC 8-0 Friday. The Warriors then routed St. Louis CC-Meramec 15-0 in five innings and St. Charles CC 15-3 before losing to Southeastern CC 9-6 on Saturday.
The Ellsworth win featured a four-hit shutout by freshman Kylee Coughlin of the Warriors. Coughlin didn't walk anyone and struck out six in the complete-game effort. Her teammates backed her with 10 hits, three by freshman Sydney Hallbauer who drove in four runs.
Hallbauer singled in the first IHCC run in the 2nd. She doubled home another run in the 3rd and then supplied a two-run single in a four-run 5th.
Brandi Haight had a pair of RBIs and Ryan Jehle and Morgan Powers both scored twice.
The action Friday was suspended because of rain after only two games.
Saturday's play started with the Warriors erupting for 11 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning against Meramec. Tory Beaver had a grand slam homer and Lizzy Tucker a three-run shot in the opening inning for IHCC. Tucker had a two-run single earlier in the inning. Sarah Wilcox and Hallbauer had RBI hits in the 3rd and the Warriors tallied two unearned runs in the 4th.
Meanwhile, Brandi Haight tossed the second straight shutout in the tourney for the Warriors, limiting Meramec to just one hit in the five-inning complete game.
Indian Hills sprinted out to a 7-0 lead after an inning and a half in the game with St. Charles and finished the contest with a nine-run 7th inning.
The 17-hit IHCC attack was led by McKenzie Cason and Kelly Ruepke with three hits each and Wilcox, Haight and Jordan Grell with two apiece. Ruepke and Hallbauer had three RBIs and Wilcox scored three runs.
In a matchup between two Region XI rivals in the final game of the day -- a game which doesn't count in the conference standings -- Southeastern pushed across three runs in the 7th inning to knock off the Warriors 9-6.
Milagros Lozada had two of SCC's four homers in the game, including a leadoff shot in the 7th that was the game-winner.
Ruepke and Jehle each had two of the Warriors' 10 hits. Molly Mitchell started and went four innings for IHCC. Sonja Holmes took the loss in relief.
Indian Hills has a season record of 17-15-1 and goes to Iowa Central for a doubleheader on Tuesday before hosting Region XI foe Iowa Western on Friday, starting at 1:00.
The Warriors played only once on Friday before the rains came, but managed to get in three games Saturday.
IHCC defeated Ellsworth CC 8-0 Friday. The Warriors then routed St. Louis CC-Meramec 15-0 in five innings and St. Charles CC 15-3 before losing to Southeastern CC 9-6 on Saturday.
The Ellsworth win featured a four-hit shutout by freshman Kylee Coughlin of the Warriors. Coughlin didn't walk anyone and struck out six in the complete-game effort. Her teammates backed her with 10 hits, three by freshman Sydney Hallbauer who drove in four runs.
Hallbauer singled in the first IHCC run in the 2nd. She doubled home another run in the 3rd and then supplied a two-run single in a four-run 5th.
Brandi Haight had a pair of RBIs and Ryan Jehle and Morgan Powers both scored twice.
The action Friday was suspended because of rain after only two games.
Saturday's play started with the Warriors erupting for 11 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning against Meramec. Tory Beaver had a grand slam homer and Lizzy Tucker a three-run shot in the opening inning for IHCC. Tucker had a two-run single earlier in the inning. Sarah Wilcox and Hallbauer had RBI hits in the 3rd and the Warriors tallied two unearned runs in the 4th.
Meanwhile, Brandi Haight tossed the second straight shutout in the tourney for the Warriors, limiting Meramec to just one hit in the five-inning complete game.
Indian Hills sprinted out to a 7-0 lead after an inning and a half in the game with St. Charles and finished the contest with a nine-run 7th inning.
The 17-hit IHCC attack was led by McKenzie Cason and Kelly Ruepke with three hits each and Wilcox, Haight and Jordan Grell with two apiece. Ruepke and Hallbauer had three RBIs and Wilcox scored three runs.
In a matchup between two Region XI rivals in the final game of the day -- a game which doesn't count in the conference standings -- Southeastern pushed across three runs in the 7th inning to knock off the Warriors 9-6.
Milagros Lozada had two of SCC's four homers in the game, including a leadoff shot in the 7th that was the game-winner.
Ruepke and Jehle each had two of the Warriors' 10 hits. Molly Mitchell started and went four innings for IHCC. Sonja Holmes took the loss in relief.
Indian Hills has a season record of 17-15-1 and goes to Iowa Central for a doubleheader on Tuesday before hosting Region XI foe Iowa Western on Friday, starting at 1:00.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Back on Track, Warriors Win Two
Pella, IA -- The Indian Hills softball team picked up a pair of much-needed victories on Wednesday, defeating the Central College junior varsity, 3-0 and 12-1.
The Warriors were reeling a little bit, having lost six straight games entering play against the Dutch JV, but had a couple of strong starting pitching performances and a resurgent offense to up their win total to 14 and get back to the .500 mark for the season.
Molly Mitchell threw six innings in game one, giving up only two hits and striking out six. Sonja Holmes completed the shutout. Sydney Hallbauer drove in two of the three IHCC runs and four different Warriors had a hit.
Brandi Haight earned her 6th win of the season in the second game, going all the way while allowing only three hits. She walked four and struck out three.
Haight benefited from a 12-hit attack that included three hits by Tory Beaver and two each for Kylee Coughlin and Kris Penick. Sarah Wilcox, Kelly Ruepke, Lizzy Tucker and Beaver all scored twice and Coughlin had two RBIs.
Indian Hills will host its own tournament this weekend, playing four games in two days, starting with a contest on Friday at noon against Ellsworth CC.
The Warriors were reeling a little bit, having lost six straight games entering play against the Dutch JV, but had a couple of strong starting pitching performances and a resurgent offense to up their win total to 14 and get back to the .500 mark for the season.
Molly Mitchell threw six innings in game one, giving up only two hits and striking out six. Sonja Holmes completed the shutout. Sydney Hallbauer drove in two of the three IHCC runs and four different Warriors had a hit.
Brandi Haight earned her 6th win of the season in the second game, going all the way while allowing only three hits. She walked four and struck out three.
Haight benefited from a 12-hit attack that included three hits by Tory Beaver and two each for Kylee Coughlin and Kris Penick. Sarah Wilcox, Kelly Ruepke, Lizzy Tucker and Beaver all scored twice and Coughlin had two RBIs.
Indian Hills will host its own tournament this weekend, playing four games in two days, starting with a contest on Friday at noon against Ellsworth CC.
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